The new Polo, the nameplate’s sixth generation, is due out in 2017. The GTI should trail the regular model by about a year.

It will be based on a downsized version of the MQB platform found in the current Golf. The platform is flexible enough to spawn everything from this subcompact Polo right up to the mid-size, three-row SUV that VW will start building at its Chattanooga, Tennessee plant later this year.

We can see that the new Polo will be slightly larger than the current model. Our photographer tells us the prototype appears longer, taller and wider than the current model. A glimpse inside also reveals more rigid lines compared to the current model.

Look for a series of turbocharged engines to be on offer, starting with a 1.0-liter inline-3. The GTI will likely adopt the 1.8-liter inline-4 recently added to the current model (shown above). It’s rated at 189 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque but could see a small bump for the new GTI. An electric option is also a possibility for the new Polo now that VW is committed to zero-emission vehicles.

The new Polo isn’t expected in the United States. Instead, the automaker will focus on SUVs including a Polo-sized model based on the T-Cross Breeze concept from the 2016 Geneva auto show.

Crucially, the new Polo will be twinned by Audi’s next-generation A1. Unfortunately, this model is also expected to skip the U.S.